this is bbc news with the latest headlines. new government measures are put in place and others considered to tackle a spike in cases of the indian variant of coronavirus in some areas across the uk. as cases double in a week the government says it can't rule out local lockdowns and bringing forward second doses of covid vaccines. we will flex the vaccine programme to where the clinicians think it is best utilised. mark drakeford is expected to announce the next stage of lockdown easing in wales later today, with up to six people being able to meet indoors at pubs, cafes and restaurants from monday. with travel restrictions easing next week, new uncertainty for british holiday—makers heading to portugal. israel steps up its assault on

gaza, as palestinian rockets continue to target civilian areas in central and southern israel. amazon says it will create 10,000 new permanent uk jobs in 2021 and a new training programme. in an appearance on an american podcast, prince harry says he wants to "break the cycle" of the "pain and suffering" of his upbringing — with his own children. and coming up this hour. a meteorite that landed in gloucestershire in february will be on display at the natural history museum in london, when it re—opens next week. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the government has this morning

confirmed it's sending more vaccine doses to some parts of the uk that have seen an increase in the indian variant of coronavirus. it's one of a number of measures planned to try to tackle the spread — after the number of cases more than doubled over the past week. public health england has recorded 1,313 uk cases of the indian variant in the past week. the figures are more than double the 520 cases recorded last week. cases of the indian variant have been recorded in areas including london, bolton, tyneside and nottingham. health secretary matt hancock says the government "will not hesitate to take further action if necessary" — with the possibility of re—imposing local or regional restrictions. but the mayor of greater manchester andy burnham says he would be �*very concerned' by the prospect of re—introducing local lockdowns. another possible move could be bringing forward second doses to protect vulnerable groups sooner. with more, here's charlotte wright.

follow the rules, where a face covering! an urgent response to the rapidly increasing cases of the covid variant that originated in india. surge testing in 15 areas of england. in bolton, a rapid response team is going door—to—door. and as concerns grow about the speed of the spread of this variant, the government has now said it could not rule out fresh local or regional restrictions to try to suppress it. it is a variant of concern. we are anxious about it. it has been spreading. at the moment, there is a very wide range of scientific opinion| about what could happen, but - we want to make sure that we take all the prudential, all the cautious steps now that we can take. - public health england has recorded more than 1,300 uk cases of the indian variant this week, more than double the 520 recorded the week before, with most in the north west

of england, and some in london. all right, a sharp scratch. so far, vaccines remain highly effective. ministers are considering reducing the time between the first and second jabs, and additional vaccine clinics have been set up in blackburn. but despite calls by local leaders, the programme has not yet been opened up more widely to all adults over 18, leading to concerns about what measures will be used. what worried me today was the prime minister raising the spectre of local lockdowns. i can assure you my view on those has not changed at all. we would be very concerned about the government putting blackburn, bolton, anywhere, to be honest, under local restrictions when the rest of the country is unlocking. the amount of infections linked to this variant is still relatively small, but the health secretary had said the situation is being monitored carefully,

and there would be no hesitation about taking further action if needed. charlotte wright, bbc news. the vaccines minister nadhim zahawi was asked about the situation in parts of northern england this morning. this is what he said. we have to be careful. this is what he said. we have to be careful- what _ this is what he said. we have to be careful. what we _ this is what he said. we have to be careful. what we are _ this is what he said. we have to be careful. what we are doing - this is what he said. we have to be careful. what we are doing is - this is what he said. we have to bei careful. what we are doing is surge testing bolton, so 100 nurses, public health practitioners, going on and doing the door—to—door testing, we have a mobile pcr unit going on there, 100,000 pcr tests have gone out to 15 areas around the country as well and we have identified over a400 cases country as well and we have identified over 4400 cases and over 14,000 close contacts have been traced and instructed to self—isolate. the important thing is the combination of seeing whether we can flex the vaccination programme to help further, so we have sent more doses to bolton, and of course,

we will obviously follow the clinical advice if they think that it would help, shortening the interval period, or anything else, with the vaccination.— interval period, or anything else, with the vaccination. nadhim zahawi s-ueakin with the vaccination. nadhim zahawi speaking earlier. _ with the vaccination. nadhim zahawi speaking earlier. sakthi _ with the vaccination. nadhim zahawi speaking earlier. sakthi karunanithil speaking earlier. sakthi karunanithi is the director of public health at lancashire county council and joins us now. you are not directly involved in the areas concerned at the moment, as i understand it, with the moment, as i understand it, with the indian variant, but how alarmed are you by how quickly this seems to be spreading? are you by how quickly this seems to be spreading?— be spreading? yes, lancashire is close to blackburn, _ be spreading? yes, lancashire is close to blackburn, darwin - be spreading? yes, lancashire is close to blackburn, darwin and l close to blackburn, darwin and bolton, and what we are seeing here in lancashire is localised outbreaks involving these variants come often involving these variants come often in younger people, often presenting with atypical symptoms, not the classic covid symptoms in the early stages, but it is spilling into becoming a community of transmission

at the moment. so if we don't act quickly, particularly by flexing the vaccination programme in three or four weeks' time the variant will be very widespread in many other parts of the country including lancashire. is that the solution? bringing forward the second doses of the vaccine, which the government has announced? 0rwould vaccine, which the government has announced? or would you also support announced? or would you also support a local or regional lockdown? i will not support _ a local or regional lockdown? i will not support a _ a local or regional lockdown? i will not support a local _ a local or regional lockdown? i will not support a local or— a local or regional lockdown? iw ii not support a local or regional lockdown. it is a very blunt instrument, we have much more precise instruments to deal with this. actually, vaccines can do the major heavy lifting here if there is a specific national policy that helps areas with higher levels of the transmission to go much faster than other areas. and of course, the indoor mixing that's relaxing from the 17th of may and the international travel for which we do not have a robust arrangement to support the returning travellers,

are only going to add to the risk. so there is a need for a much more concerted, coordinated, swift action and be prepared for the rise in the variants. i don't want to be alarmist because we don't quite know how severe the variant is going to be, or indeed if it escapes the vaccine, but it feels right to prevent the transmission in the first place. i prevent the transmission in the first place-— first place. i suppose the big auestion first place. i suppose the big question is. _ first place. i suppose the big question is, how _ first place. i suppose the big question is, how far - first place. i suppose the big question is, how far do - first place. i suppose the big question is, how far do you i first place. i suppose the big i question is, how far do you go first place. i suppose the big - question is, how far do you go in terms of the pool, the bubble where you are bringing forward the vaccination programme? because people travel so much now, where you are, for example, i know you're not representing bolton, blackburn and darwen, but you —— how broad does the vaccination go? the darwen, but you -- how broad does the vaccination go?— darwen, but you -- how broad does the vaccination go? the best people to talk to as — the vaccination go? the best people to talk to as the _ the vaccination go? the best people to talk to as the local _ the vaccination go? the best people to talk to as the local authorities - to talk to as the local authorities and local public health. irate to talk to as the local authorities and local public health.— and local public health. we are talkinu and local public health. we are talkin: to and local public health. we are talking to you. _ and local public health. we are talking to you, so _ and local public health. we are talking to you, so you - and local public health. we are talking to you, so you are - and local public health. we are talking to you, so you are that| talking to you, so you are that person. talking to you, so you are that erson. ~ ~ ., y person. we know were they higher risk of transmission _ person. we know were they higher risk of transmission in _ person. we know were they higher risk of transmission in the - person. we know were they higher risk of transmission in the local - risk of transmission in the local areas is and we know how the

communities mix and work and travel, and so on. so we can help prioritise which areas to go first by working with our national colleagues. find with our national colleagues. and would ou with our national colleagues. and would you go _ with our national colleagues. and would you go right down the age demographic now as well to get people in their 30s jabbed as well? no, actually. there was a time when we needed to go down the age because of the risk of severe disease and mortality. those objectives have largely been met. now the key risk is transmission, so we need to follow where the virus is transmitting and follow the data, not the dates, but it doesn't any more just following down the age groups. because what we are seeing is the high levels of transmission in the younger age groups, 16—18 —year—olds and people in their 20s and 30s, so we really need to have local freedoms within a framework to actually support this national effort to bring down the levels of

the transmission. fiifi effort to bring down the levels of the transmission.— effort to bring down the levels of the transmission. 0k, great. sakthi karunanithi. — the transmission. 0k, great. sakthi karunanithi, thank _ the transmission. 0k, great. sakthi karunanithi, thank you _ the transmission. 0k, great. sakthi karunanithi, thank you very - the transmission. 0k, great. sakthi karunanithi, thank you very much i karunanithi, thank you very much indeed forjoining us on bbc news. analysis by public health england suggests that coronavirus vaccines have saved thousands of lives. the figures showed almost 12,000 lives were saved in england and around 33,000 hospital admissions were prevented. they looked at data to the end of april compared with the number of expected deaths if the vaccine was not in use. this method found most deaths were prevented in people in their 80s. holidaymakers hoping to fly to portugalfrom next week are facing uncertainty — after the country announced it was extending its current lockdown until 30th may. holiday bookings for portugal surged last week after it was one of just 12 countries placed on the uk's green list — meaning no quarantine was required on return. 0ur correspondent in

portugal alison roberts reports. it's an extension of the state that was already in place. in fact, the lockdown restrictions who have pretty well all gone that were imposed in mid—january. the situation in portugal is relatively good compared to the rest of the european union in terms of incidents and covid deaths. but the government here is clearly being very cautious. at a cabinet meeting yesterday decided effectively not to make a decision for now on the uk, saying that it is keeping the situation under review. and indeed, as president of the council of the european union at this moment until the end ofjune, it's been hosting meetings of tourism ministers. there is going to be another one today. not specifically on this topic but the issue of travel from non—eu countries and issues such as the new indian variant which hasn't been found here but has in the uk, will no doubt all be factors in any future decision. alison roberts reporting from portugal.

the welsh government is advising people against going on a foreign holiday — even after rules on international travel are changed. the first minister, mark drakeford, has this morning urged continued caution. the traffic light system of green, amber and red countries will be introduced from monday — alongside the relaxation of other lockdown restrictions. 0ur wales correspondent tomos morgan sent us this update. 0n the travel, i know from speaking to the welsh government over the past few weeks and months, have been concerned about the variants. especially after what happened last summer with people travelling abroad and bringing variants in, so they were really reluctant to go ahead with any sort of easing of travel restrictions abroad. but as the first minister told this programme just a few moments ago, really, he was kind of saying it was impossible really to enforce people not to go abroad, however, the advice from the first minister when he spoke to us just moments ago was to stay in wales for your holidays this year, and he was advising against going abroad.

my clear advice to people in wales has been this is the year to take your holiday in wales. and that foreign travel is better avoided. in the sheer practical sense, once airports in england are open, and instruction to people in wales not to travel would simply be unenforceable. so we know most people who travel from wales will be doing it from bristol or manchester or london. once those airports are open and travel across the united kingdom is allowed, then people from wales will be able to travel. so there's no point in issuing an instruction that cannot be enforced. but the advice in wales is very clear. we have fantastic opportunities in wales to take a holiday. this is the year to take advantage of them. when the news was coming in about the indian variant, there was a few last—minute changes. that was the impression i was getting, from mark drakeford's interview just now. and that means that when it comes to hugging and social distancing, the first minister is urging people that are not part of an extended household, people that are meeting indoors from next week in hospitality venues, groups of up to six,

they maintain a social distance for now. tomos morgan reporting. israel has moved more armed forces to its border with gaza, after a fourth day of intense fighting with hamas militants. hamas again launched a barrage of rockets towards israel, and israel responded with artillery fire and air strikes. meanwhile, sectarian clashes continued injerusalem and other israeli cities, amid warnings of civil war. 0ur correspondent paul adams has sent this report about the night's events. there was a great deal of confusion for which a spokesman from the israeli military has apologised this morning. essentially, what happened was that they launched what he described as a complex 40—minute operation involving land forces, the air force, and we think there was also gunfire coming from offshore as well. but the target was a network of hamas tunnels,

these are tunnels that the islamic group has built over the years. sometimes underneath the border into israel, but certainly a complex network inside the gaza strip, which the israeli military alleges houses a lot of hamas's military infrastructure. and so that was targeted last night. but clearly the ferocity of the barrage involved in that operation convinced a lot of people that something different was happening, and that's why we saw hundreds of civilians from the northern edges of the gaza strip close to the israeli borderfleeing further down into gaza to try and get out of harm's way. there is some pretty gruesome video around this morning of the consequences of some of the shelling. but the israeli military is saying that for now there is no ground operation. so far, we know that the americans have been trying to hold back the un security council. they've already thwarted a couple of efforts by the council to issue a joint statement because the americans want to try and manage this themselves

without getting the un involved. they don't think that the un is going to really offer much in the way of a solution. there is an american envoy who is supposed to be coming to the region. we don't know when he is due to arrive. and there's also a lot of diplomacy going on here already in the region with the egyptian government and others involved in trying to negotiate some kind of ceasefire, as they have in the past between israel and the militants of hamas. we don't know where those negotiations have got to. and as you say, there is no sign at the moment of anyone stepping back from the brink. we still seem to be on the brink, with the very real possibility that this could get worse before it gets better. let's speak now to layla moran, liberal democrats' foreign affairs spokesperson, the first british mp

of palestinian descent. i'm not sure if you heard what paul was saying in terms of the overnight barrage, but this is far from was saying in terms of the overnight barrage, but this is farfrom being de—escalated, it seems the tensions and violence seem to be rising, what do you fear about that in terms of the trajectory of this conflict? it is deeply, deeply concerning, and we have to remember that among all of this civilians are getting caught up in the crossfire. my understanding is that we are at a death toll of around 119 palestinians, including 31 children and eight israelis, including one child. i mean, this has to stop. it has been going on for days and the fact it now looks like it is escalating rather than de—escalating is deeply concerning. i understand that the security council is going to be talking today. that's good. but actually, britain has an important part to play in this. we are a permanent member of the security council. we

have a so—called special relationship with the united states and biden said diplomacy is back. well, mr president, use it, don't try and do this just on your own. i think having a joint statement from the security council with america on board recognising that there has been atrocity committed on both sides, that ceasefire needs to happen, otherwise we are just going to see more children dying. it is horrible. d0 to see more children dying. it is horrible. , ., to see more children dying. it is horrible. , ., horrible. do you recognise and acce -t horrible. do you recognise and accept that _ horrible. do you recognise and accept that israel _ horrible. do you recognise and accept that israel has - horrible. do you recognise and accept that israel has the - accept that israel has the legitimate right to defend itself, and that thousands of these rockets have been fired into its territory from gaza?— have been fired into its territory fromgaza? ., ., ., from gaza? what hamas has done i have found — from gaza? what hamas has done i have found contemptible, _ from gaza? what hamas has done i have found contemptible, it - have found contemptible, it shouldn't have happened, and i urge them to stop, and equally i urge the israeli government to stop the air strikes too, because until you stop the violence, violence will only beget violence. but i do think the

statement that has come out of the european union and also from dominic raab missed the fact was that the sheikh was the spark that lit this tinderbox, tender bits that has been growing for years. that tinderbox, tender bits that has been growing for years-— growing for years. that is the area close to the _ growing for years. that is the area close to the damascus _ growing for years. that is the area close to the damascus gate - growing for years. that is the area i close to the damascus gate occupied by palestinian families for 50 years laid claim to by israeli settlers, and those legal claims are not easy to unpick, because the israeli settlers would say their predecessors occupied that territory before the formation of israel. ilirui’ell before the formation of israel. well done, hold on... _ before the formation of israel. -ii done, hold on... under international law, including the fourth geneva convention what these settlers do, by the way, the settlers in themselves, what they are doing is very extreme. the attacks they have perpetrated on palestinians who should have then been defended by the israeli authorities are against

international law. it is a responsibility of the israeli government to abide by international law. the point is that they have been flouting international law for a long time now. what we need above all, once this ceasefire hopefully will come, and the key to this is america, is to then go back to the negotiating table. the problem we have come out of the difference between today and 2014, is while in 2014 there was some kind of a process, albeit a very rickety one to go back to, there is no such process now and the focus has to be on new hope. because without hope where is the incentive to stop the violence? and if that's the moment when britain should meet its historic responsibility to the palestinians and recognise fully the state of palestine, something the parliament has already done but the government has yet to do. haifa government has yet to do. how alarmed are — government has yet to do. how alarmed are you _ government has yet to do. how alarmed are you in _ government has yet to do. how alarmed are you in this - government has yet to do. how alarmed are you in this particular conflict, say, compared to other ones over the last 20 years, that in

these mixed towns, the towns with israeli arabs and israeli jews, hitherto living side by side quite peacefully, are now resorting to mob attacks and burning each other�*s property, vehicles and even shooting and attacking each other? the widespread — and attacking each other? tie: widespread nature of this violence is what is deeply, deeply concerning because what it is exposing is a schism between two peoples that actually historically didn't used to live this way. my family was seven generations from the city in jerusalem. when in the time of my great—grandfather, it was normal to live side by side in peace and in harmony, in love, and actually this is the way that most israelis and most palestinians want to live. we want peace. and there are extremists on both sides that are stoking these flames. the fact that the international community are refusing to intervene in the way that they

should, given, as i say, the historic responsibility of the international community in the creation of this mess, i believe it is time now for us to focus in on that piece. focus in on new hope, reignite the flames of hope rather than the flames of violence. and once this ceasefire, which i hope will come sooner than later, it cannot be back to the status quo, the status quo will simply mean this will happen again in a few years, and ultimately we have to put our minds to that. unless we have a negotiating table to go back to, then peace will be ever elusive. layla moran, thank you very much for talking to us on bbc news. let's bring you some breaking news in the last 15 minutes or so. amazon has announced it is creating 10,000 newjobs in the uk, including openining four new fulfilment centres in england.

i'm not sure i got the right word for that. i'm not sure i got the right word forthat. i imagine i'm not sure i got the right word for that. i imagine warehouses! our business correspondent katy austin is here with more. when i say it is breaking news, i thought i'd heard about this year or two ago, that these were in the pipeline. it two ago, that these were in the --ieline. .,, , two ago, that these were in the --ieline. , pipeline. it has been expanding in this hirin: pipeline. it has been expanding in this hiring spree _ pipeline. it has been expanding in this hiring spree will _ pipeline. it has been expanding in this hiring spree will bring - this hiring spree will bring amazon's total uk workforce to 55,000. the newjobs will notjust be a warehouses or fulfilment centres, as they call them, they will also be office based role is, everything from digital marketing to engineering. those new warehouses are going to be in dartford, gateshead, hinckley and swindon, as well as what they call a parcel receive warehouse in doncaster. amazon is a company that has previously denied allegations of poor working conditions. but it is certainly entrenching its position in the uk. to put it bluntly, people have been doing lots of online shopping and that means companies like amazon are doing very well. it doesn't allow unionisation. there has been quite a lot of criticism publicly and in the media about the working conditions, and as you say,

the poor pay here. do we know what sort of quality these jobs are? amazon has faced criticism is like that and they have denied any allegations of poor working conditions in the past. they have given us some information about what the pay will be for operations roles. that will be £9 70 per hour, or £10 80 in london. amazon is also trying to spin, trying to emphasise, it is also going to be investing in skills. it is going to be investing both in the skills of its own workforce and working with richard chambers of commerce to try and identify places in the country that have certain skills gaps to see if it can invest in their —— british chambers of commerce. kwasi kwarteng is that it is a vote of confidence in the uk economy. tqm. is that it is a vote of confidence in the uk economy. mps have urged the government to set out its plans to improve the adult social care system by the end of the year. the cross—party commons health and social care committee says

the absence of a fully—funded policy would be a wasted opportunity to tackle problems that have bedevilled the sector for the past two decades. well, let's get more on this — fiona carragher is director of research and influencing at the alzheimer's society, and also we can also talk to jonathan freeman, whose mother gillian was diagnosed with mixed dementia in 2014. welcome to you both. if i can start with you, first of all, perhaps fiona. the queen's speech had nine words dedicated to social care reform. borisjohnson has said, since he's been in power, that he was going to fix the system which was going to fix the system which was in desperate need to be reformed. how encouraged are you by any radical formative change? goad any radical formative change? good morninu. any radical formative change? good morning- as — any radical formative change? good morning- as you — any radical formative change? good morning. as you say, _ any radical formative change? good morning. as you say, it _

any radical formative change? good morning. as you say, it is _ any radical formative change? (lime morning. as you say, it is deeply disappointing and very frustrating that we only got nine words in the queen's speech. for decades, people with dementia has been failed by a social care system that doesn't give them the support and personalised care that they need. we have been calling for a long time, but coming out of covid, now more than ever we need a transformational plan for really changing the social care system so that people with dementia, their families, system so that people with dementia, theirfamilies, get system so that people with dementia, their families, get the care and support they need.— their families, get the care and support they need. jonathan, your mother gillian _ support they need. jonathan, your mother gillian was _ support they need. jonathan, your mother gillian was diagnosed - support they need. jonathan, your mother gillian was diagnosed with j mother gillian was diagnosed with dementia six, seven years ago now. how difficult have things been for you in terms of finding care, the financial provisions, the quality of care as well?— care as well? good morning. the first thing is _ care as well? good morning. the first thing is it _ care as well? good morning. the first thing is it actually _ care as well? good morning. the first thing is it actually took - care as well? good morning. the first thing is it actually took us i first thing is it actually took us at least — first thing is it actually took us at least two years to get a diagnosis with the gp just refusing to accept— diagnosis with the gp just refusing to accept what we could all see until— to accept what we could all see until we — to accept what we could all see until we got to a point where she was diagnosed and her dementia was

very far— was diagnosed and her dementia was very far advanced already. it was only four — very far advanced already. it was only four months later that we had to move her out of her house into a care home — to move her out of her house into a care home within a day when she was found _ care home within a day when she was found wandering a mile away from home _ found wandering a mile away from home in_ found wandering a mile away from home in a — home in a little village without any clue where she was. that first home wasn't _ clue where she was. that first home wasn't great, i'll be honest, they were _ wasn't great, i'll be honest, they were not— wasn't great, i'll be honest, they were not great and made bad mistakes, so we had to move her nearer_ mistakes, so we had to move her nearer to — mistakes, so we had to move her nearer to me to a fantastic home. i'll nearer to me to a fantastic home. i'll be _ nearer to me to a fantastic home. i'll be very— nearer to me to a fantastic home. i'll be very honest, the service we had and _ i'll be very honest, the service we had and support my mum had in that care home _ had and support my mum had in that care home was fantastic. the care sector— care home was fantastic. the care sector has— care home was fantastic. the care sector has some fantastic people doing _ sector has some fantastic people doing some fantastic things but they are chronically under recognised. how did — are chronically under recognised. how did you fund this? if you have assets, and for a lot of people those assets are not huge, necessarily, then you have to pay. what is your situation?—

what is your situation? that's the truth. what is your situation? that's the truth- idoth _ what is your situation? that's the truth- idoth my — what is your situation? that's the truth. both my parents _ what is your situation? that's the truth. both my parents were - what is your situation? that's the | truth. both my parents were state school _ truth. both my parents were state school teachers, they had worked hard, _ school teachers, they had worked hard, saved hard, looked after to make _ hard, saved hard, looked after to make sure — hard, saved hard, looked after to make sure they could care for themselves and their families as they got— themselves and their families as they got older. we had to pay everything out of those investments. my brother— everything out of those investments. my brother who lives abroad, when we moved _ my brother who lives abroad, when we moved mum _ my brother who lives abroad, when we moved mum to a care home, and he said, _ moved mum to a care home, and he said, presumably the state will pay for that _ said, presumably the state will pay for that i— said, presumably the state will pay forthat. i had said, presumably the state will pay for that. i had to laugh hollow lee. mum _ for that. i had to laugh hollow lee. mum died — for that. i had to laugh hollow lee. mum died injanuary this for that. i had to laugh hollow lee. mum died in january this year, for that. i had to laugh hollow lee. mum died injanuary this year, so she ended — mum died injanuary this year, so she ended up spending six plus years in care _ she ended up spending six plus years in care and _ she ended up spending six plus years in care and every year despite appalling _ in care and every year despite appalling fights with the bureaucracy to try and get just a minimum — bureaucracy to try and get just a minimum of state funding to support her, minimum of state funding to support her. that— minimum of state funding to support her, that was denied. they played a lot of— her, that was denied. they played a lot of games, i think, to try and prevent— lot of games, i think, to try and prevent that, find any wriggle room to prevent — prevent that, find any wriggle room to prevent that extra care, and the result— to prevent that extra care, and the result was— to prevent that extra care, and the result was the house that my parents had saved _ result was the house that my parents had saved up for and earned had to be sold, _ had saved up for and earned had to be sold, otherwise we would have run

out of— be sold, otherwise we would have run out of funding. how be sold, otherwise we would have run out of funding-— out of funding. how much did that six ears out of funding. how much did that six years of— out of funding. how much did that six years of care _ out of funding. how much did that six years of care cost _ out of funding. how much did that six years of care cost for - out of funding. how much did that six years of care cost for you? - out of funding. how much did that six years of care cost for you? the care home — six years of care cost for you? the care home fees _ six years of care cost for you? the care home fees were £5,000 a month. for the _ care home fees were £5,000 a month. for the first _ care home fees were £5,000 a month. for the first period when we were renting _ for the first period when we were renting out— for the first period when we were renting out my mum house which was a nice, renting out my mum house which was a nice. modest— renting out my mum house which was a nice, modest house, one month's rent was less— nice, modest house, one month's rent was less than — nice, modest house, one month's rent was less than one week's care home fees _ was less than one week's care home fees. ., ., ., , ., fees. fiona, of course, there was a dilnot commission _ fees. fiona, of course, there was a dilnot commission looking - fees. fiona, of course, there was a dilnot commission looking into - fees. fiona, of course, there was a | dilnot commission looking into this. this is a politicalfootball that has been kicked around all over the place for the last 20, 30 years. i remember the dilnot commission and their recommendations were 0.25% of gdp being spent, and this was after the financial crash. we are in a similar world now. can the country afford to do this, and is it as straightforward as andrew did not made out? —— andrew dilnot. brute straightforward as andrew did not

made out? -- andrew dilnot. we know 60% of the social _ made out? -- andrew dilnot. we know 6096 of the social care _ made out? -- andrew dilnot. we know 6096 of the social care costs, _ 60% of the social care costs, exactly as jonathan has described, are paid for by families, exactly asjonathan has described, are paid for by families, and exactly as jonathan has described, are paid for by families, and about 40% has come in from local authorities. we know in the last ten years that local authorities have been chronically underfunded, so as the needs have gone up, so many more people needing to access care. we have 850,000 people with dementia and that number is set to rise. we know in that ten year period local authorities�* funding has decreased by about 38%, so the gap has got bigger. what we are calling on the government to do is to think not only about the funding, which i agree is an incredibly important conversation for us to have as a broad society, but and the support that we need for people with dementia. because if you think about it, if you are worried about your memory, asjonathan described, you go to your gp, it can take a very long time to get a diagnosis. but at the moment, for the diseases that cause dementia, such as alzheimer�*s

disease, there is no medical pharmaceutical treatment. so most of your care and support will come from that social care system. and exactly as jonathan has that social care system. and exactly asjonathan has described, getting access to it, getting quality is really important. and really at the moment completely inadequate. so for us, funding is incredibly important. the workforce, which for a very long time has been undervalued, underfunded, is another big step. but we need the government to grasp the metal, set out a vision for this, to have a conversation with the country about how we are going to potentially pull the risk. but ultimately make this a real difference for people with dementia and theirfamilies. i�*m difference for people with dementia and their families.— and their families. i'm really sor , and their families. i'm really sorry. we — and their families. i'm really sorry. we are _ and their families. i'm really sorry, we are out _ and their families. i'm really sorry, we are out of - and their families. i'm really sorry, we are out of time. i and their families. i'm really l sorry, we are out of time. we and their families. i'm really - sorry, we are out of time. we will hopefully get more details about this later on today. fiona and jonathan, thank you both very much forjoining us on bbc news. we need to catch up with the weather and chris has the details. hello, there. the weather is going to continue

to be unsettled, just like it�*s been pretty much all month. now, today we�*ve got a lot of low cloud, we�*ve got some mist patches, a bit of drizzle across north—eastern areas. more persistent rain for a time affecting east anglia, the midlands, southern england, but that will tend to fade away through the day. and across the west it will brighten up with some sunny spells coming through. that will just trigger some heavy, slow—moving thundery showers, i think especially to parts of wales. top temperatures about 16 degrees in the best of the sunshine. 0vernight, those showers taking a time to fade away. then we�*ve got another area of rain that�*s going to be pushing in off the atlantic as another area of low pressure sets its sights on the uk in time for the weekend. so the weekend is going to be an unsettled one, for sure. there�*ll be a lot of cloud around, some brief sunny spells, but lots of heavy downpours. and those rainfall totals will really begin to mount up again, particularly across southern and western areas of the uk. that�*s your latest weather.

hello, this is bbc news with tim willcox. the headlines: new government measures are put in place and others considered to tackle a spike in cases of the indian variant of coronavirus in some areas across the uk. as cases double in a week, the government says it can�*t rule out local lockdowns and bringing forward second doses of covid vaccines. we will flex the vaccine programme to where the clinicians think it is best utilised. mark drakeford is expected to announce the next stage of lockdown easing in wales later today, with up to six people being able to meet indoors at pubs, cafes and restaurants from monday. with travel restrictions easing next week, new uncertainty for british holidaymakers heading to portugal. israel steps up its assault on gaza as palestinian rockets continue to target civilian areas in central and southern israel. amazon says it will create 10,000 new permanent uk jobs in 2021 and launch a £10 million programme

to help employees gain new skills. in an appearance on an american podcast, prince harry says he wants to "break the cycle" of the "pain and suffering" of his upbringing with his own children. and coming up, a meteorite that landed in gloucestershire in february will be on display at the natural history museum in london when it reopens next week. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here�*s mike. good morning. liverpool�*s hopes of qualifying for next season�*s champions league are now in their own hands, after beating manchester united 4—2 at old trafford. this was the match that had to be postponed earlier this month, when fans broke into the stadium, but this time the protests were confined to outside the stadium, as ben croucher reports. in a league seen around the world,

actions can speak as loud as the words. # united are the team for me.# 0utside old trafford, protests once again at united�*s owners. inside, a tribute tojordan banks, the young liverpool fan struck by lightning and killed on tuesday. beyond the trials and the tributes, the football match 11 days later than planned. with champions league qualification uncertain, liverpool needed to react fastest. sadly for nat phillips, his reaction was a kneejerk one. luckily for the defender, diogojota�*s response at the other end was quick, a kick and a flick, just the trick. not best practice to leave liverpool forwards unmarked on the edge of the six—yard box. roberto firmino didn�*t mind. not once, but twice. 3—1 liverpool. united are used to coming from behind though this season. little surprise when marcus rashford pulled one back. few would have been as shocked as mo salah to be given the freedom of old trafford as united chased an equaliser. it�*s all about mo salah. he�*s made that look so, so easy. just another goal but,

for liverpool�*s season and their european ambitions, with the world watching on, one that could speak louder than most. ben croucher, bbc news. so while liverpool know that if they win their last three games, a top four place should be theirs, its looking less positive for their rivals everton. their aim of qualifying for european football, suffered a setback after a goalless draw against aston villa. the point leaves them eighth, four points behind liverpool. villa are 11th. not satisfying for the result, satisfying for the performance. we put a lot of pressure, created opportunities, chances. we could win, we have to take this point and try to win the next three, i think with 65 we can do it. former manchester united manager sir alex ferguson says he has so much admiration for striker marcus rashford,

whose campaigning for more support for low income families led to major changes in government policy. sir alex is the subject of a new documentary on amazon prime, which will be released later this month, charting his incredible career in football. sir alex spoke about the film to bbc sport editor dan roan. there is nothing wrong with earning what you deserve. for rashford to take another step to the side of that and do what he did, for a young person, i was so proud of him, i really was, and i think everyone was. he has kept his feet... use either way he performs on the pitch, he is not carried away with himself, he is not carried away with himself, he is not carried away with himself, he is trying to do an honestjob, as you would expect from him, because i think is that —— you see the way he performs on the pitch. now we�*ve already seen four riders pull out of the giro d�*italia this week, after being hurt in crashes and pieter serry was very lucky not to become another when this happened.

so he�*s at the back of the cyclists here. and watch as the driver of the car behind him, which is the australian team support vehicle, just runs into the back of the belgian rider, taking him down. thankfully serry wasn�*t hurt and eventually managed to get back on and complete the stage, but not surprisingly he was furious. the driver of the car has been excluded from the race and fined. as he got to his feet, you can see he is serious. the australian team apologised and later on serry said he was ok and thanked him for the hospital —— macro thanked ben. that�*s all the sport for now. the duke of sussex has said he wants to "break the cycle" of the "pain and suffering" of his upbringing with his own children. speaking on the "american expert"

podcast with dax shepard, prince harry described his life as being like "a mixture between the truman show and being in a zoo," and compared his experiences with the british paparazzi to his tours in afghanistan. let�*s take a listen to some of what he had to say: isn�*t life about breaking the cycle, right? there is no blame, i do not think we should point the finger or blame anybody, but when it comes to parenting, if i have experienced some form of pain or suffering because of the pain or suffering that my father or perhaps my parents had suffered, i will make sure i break that cycle so that i do not pass it on. there is a lot of genetic suffering that is passed on anyway, as parents we should say, that happened to me, i will make sure it does not happen to you. it is hard to do... yes, _

sure it does not happen to you. it is hard to do... yes, but - sure it does not happen to you. it is hard to do... yes, but it - sure it does not happen to you. it is hard to do... yes, but it comes down to awareness, _ is hard to do. .. yes, but it comes down to awareness, i _ is hard to do. .. yes, but it comes down to awareness, i never- is hard to do... yes, but it comes down to awareness, i never saw l is hard to do... yes, but it comes. down to awareness, i never saw it, is hard to do... yes, but it comes i down to awareness, i never saw it, i was never aware of it, but eventually i pieced it together and said, this is where he went to school, this is what happened, i know this about his life, this is connected to his parents. that means he is treating me the way i was treated, so how can i change that for my kids? here i am, i have moved my whole family to the us, that was not the plan! 0ur correspondent james reynolds is here with us. it is not the winds away, but it has not been that for a long time? the windsor way. _ not been that for a long time? tie: windsorway, never not been that for a long time? tie: windsor way, never complain, not been that for a long time? tie: windsorway, never complain, never windsor way, never complain, never explain. it was really interesting to hear the bait you just played, the idea not that he had a bad upbringing but that there was something genetic involved, somehow passed through generations, perhaps because of his father�*s schooling.

he did not name it but it is something called epigenetic inheritance that he might talk about, biblically the sins of the father pass to the sun. but scientifically? _ father pass to the sun. but scientifically? in _ father pass to the sun. but scientifically? in nature - father pass to the sun. but - scientifically? in nature magazine it is widely talked _ scientifically? in nature magazine it is widely talked about _ scientifically? in nature magazine it is widely talked about in - scientifically? in nature magazine it is widely talked about in forums of people whose parents had suffered trauma, nature magazine said we do not know enough about how information is transferred between generations. it is something that is discussed routinely by children whose parents, particularly whose fathers, had suffered trauma is, i know that from people whose parents have suffered as prisoners of war in the 40s, but scientists say it is a black box. the 40s, but scientists say it is a black boot-— black box. when it comes to the rapprochement _ black box. when it comes to the rapprochement with _ black box. when it comes to the rapprochement with the - black box. when it comes to the rapprochement with the royal i black box. when it comes to the - rapprochement with the royal family, was that you raised in this podcast or not? ., ., ., , .,

or not? not that i had seen, one interesting _ or not? not that i had seen, one interesting point _ or not? not that i had seen, one interesting point is _ or not? not that i had seen, one interesting point is it _ or not? not that i had seen, one interesting point is it looks - or not? not that i had seen, one interesting point is it looks like i interesting point is it looks like his desire to leave the royal family, which we heard that the oprah winfrey interview came about because of his marriage and the way his wife was received, they desire went back to his early 20s, it was something he had thought about for several years. something he had thought about for severalyears. in something he had thought about for several years. in terms of rapprochement is, we know there is the unveiling of the statue of princess diana in kensington palace onjuly the 1st, we expect prince william and prince harry, if he is there, —— if he is able to travel, to be there. there, -- if he is able to travel, to be there-— to be there. talking about the british paparazzi _ to be there. talking about the british paparazzi rewriting - to be there. talking about the british paparazzi rewriting of i to be there. talking about the l british paparazzi rewriting of his time in a also in afghanistan, what has been the reaction? —— reminding him of his time in afghanistan. those who already support him feel it is good for somebody to speak about mental health, others think it is unusual for somebody living in a

$40 million mansion to spend a long time talking about suffering what others have plenty of things on my mind. . ~' ,, others have plenty of things on my mind. ., ~ i. .~ , you may remember the dramatic pictures of a fireball lighting up the night sky in gloucestershire in february. we covered it here, one of our editors knows the area very well so nature it was prominently featured. —— made sure it was prominently featured. it was a rare meteorite that crashed onto a driveway, and now it�*s going on display at the natural history museum when it reopens on monday. scientists hope some of the recovered fragments could reveal how life started on our planet, as our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. blazing across the night sky at 50,000 kph, the dramatic arrival of the uk�*s space rock. and some of it ended up here, burnt into the wilcock family�*s driveway in winchcombe, gloucestershire. look at the incredible dent in that. i mean, this is tarmac, so it is a solid drive, isn�*t it? it's the kind of thing that if that had hit you, oryour car...

it would hurt! it would really hurt, wouldn't it? now the family has a chance to see the meteorite again. it has a new home alongside the natural history museum�*s most prized minerals. it is mind blowing. that was on our drive and now it is in the natural history museum in london. i can�*t describe it, i can�*t describe it. and now we've got lots of people who be able to come and see it, so itjust wonderful. why did a plant on our drive, you know? - it could have landed a few metres away and landed in the hedge - and we would never have seen it. there are so many- unbelievable coincidences. these two meteorites in conjunction allow us to look inside the planet... that are thousands of space rocks in museum collections, but the fragments of the winchcombe meteorite are exceptionally rare. they are from something called a carbonaceous chondrite, the first one that�*s been found in the uk. winchcombe is very special because it is one of the most pristine materials that we have available on earth to study, and the thing that really good about this particular case is that we saw it fall,

and so we can use that viable to kind of track back the trajectory, work out where in the solar system it came from. these little fragments of rock might not look like much, but they contain some of the oldest material in our solar system, dating to more than 4.5 billion years ago, before the planets even formed. it is like holding a pristine time capsule that could shed light on our very beginnings. pieces of the meteorite are being sent to scientists all around the world. x—ray studies here will reveal exactly what it is made of. the materials that are in there are basically the ingredients, the building blocks, for our solar system. so it contains things like organic, really simple organic materials, it contains minerals that contain water, and so it�*s a really important tool for understanding how we ended up with an earth like we have, so why do we have oceans on the earth and why do we have life here? scientists hope this space rock could answer these fundamental questions,

thanks to the flash of luck that brought it down in the uk. rebecca morelle, bbc news. let�*s get more from professor sara russell, merit researcher of meteorites at the natural history museum. thanks forjoining us. this is a wonderful story, thanks forjoining us. this is a wonderfulstory, it thanks forjoining us. this is a wonderful story, it has so many people excited. the most famous piece of rock that winchcombe has ever produced, how important and famous is it for the whole country? this is just an amazing thing to happen, meteorites do not fall very often around the whole globe and the last meteorite that fell and was recovered in the uk was 30 years ago, so those others a staging meteorites have been waiting a long time for an event like this, we have

been so rewarded because not only is it a meteorite but it is one of the most special types of meteorite, called a carbonaceous chondrite, which i and many of my museum colleagues had spent our careers are studying, we are all beyond excited. the meteorite was reasonably big, how much of it has to be smashed up, investigated with chemicals and whatever, how much are we left with now because presumably there is a balance between scientific research and trying to keep the integrity of the meteorite itself? yes. and trying to keep the integrity of the meteorite itself?— and trying to keep the integrity of the meteorite itself? yes, we have about 500 grams _ the meteorite itself? yes, we have about 500 grams altogether, - the meteorite itself? yes, we have about 500 grams altogether, that l the meteorite itself? yes, we havel about 500 grams altogether, that is about 500 grams altogether, that is a small bag of sugar�*s worth, which might not seem much but it is plenty for the analysis we need to do, and we need the balance between having some of it on display, some of it available for children to look at to hopefully inspire people to be interested in science, had some available to scientists to learn more about our origins and keep some

of it forfuture more about our origins and keep some of it for future generations too so they can answer questions we have not even thought of. will they can answer questions we have not even thought of.— not even thought of. will this particular _ not even thought of. will this particular meteorite - not even thought of. will this particular meteorite habits i not even thought of. will this l particular meteorite habits own story or will others of a similar age found elsewhere around the world just be enforcing what this will tell us? —— will this particular meteorite have its own story? each meteorite have its own story? each meteorite is _ meteorite have its own story? each meteorite is unique, _ meteorite have its own story? each meteorite is unique, we _ meteorite have its own story? eacn meteorite is unique, we have meteorite have its own story? eacri meteorite is unique, we have noted some things about this one which has made us sit up, some things we do not understand yet. like made us sit up, some things we do not understand yet.— made us sit up, some things we do | not understand yet._ like not understand yet. like what? like it has the minerals _ not understand yet. like what? like it has the minerals on _ not understand yet. like what? like it has the minerals on its _ not understand yet. like what? like it has the minerals on its surface, i it has the minerals on its surface, we are not sure what they are yet but we are investigating to find out, and it is really timely that it has landed because there are two space missions ringing back rocks that look quite similar from asteroids, one is a japanese that look quite similar from asteroids, one is ajapanese nation and what is the nasa syritsa rex

nation, we think they will bring back material from meteorites that look like this —— and the other is the nasa mission. look like this -- and the other is the nasa mission.— look like this -- and the other is the nasa mission. fascinating, thank ou the nasa mission. fascinating, thank you indeed. — the nasa mission. fascinating, thank you indeed, professor— the nasa mission. fascinating, thank you indeed, professor sara _ the nasa mission. fascinating, thank you indeed, professor sara russell. l from how the earth was formed to what is happening to it now. let�*s go to glasgow now, where the president of the cop26 united nations climate summit, alok sharma, is speaking to mark six months to the event. he hasjust been he has just been saying all of our destinies are intrinsically bound, we have an enormous responsibility to protect the earth from a crisis of our making. fight! to protect the earth from a crisis of our making-— to protect the earth from a crisis of our making. and we will end the sale of new— of our making. and we will end the sale of new petrol _ of our making. and we will end the sale of new petrol and _ of our making. and we will end the sale of new petrol and diesel- of our making. and we will end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars i sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030, putting us on track to end the sale of polluting vehicles before any other g7 nation. around

the world, we can replace dirty power with cheap renewables, choking exhaust with zero emission vehicles and polluting jobs with clean ones. there are already over 400,000 low carbonjobs in the uk, with new industrial hubs in places like teesside, lowestoft and hull. the prime minister�*s plan for a green industrial revolution will help the economy flourish, attracting investment and supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs. investment and supporting hundreds of thousands ofjobs. we aim for the economy to support 2 million green jobs over the next ten years. just today scottishpower has announced 180 training opportunities for young people across the country. wakeley alone supports 6000 jobs, and this wingspan is a centre of the low carbon economy, a tangible demonstration of our green

industrial revolution and a haven for plants and animals. this is the future young people around the world demand. a future shown in submissions to our creative art competition, its winner is with us today, congratulations on a hugely pot —— hugely powerful image. the future is still within our grasp if we act now and together to limit the rising global temperatures by building back greener and building back better. we already know what we are aiming for. in 2015 the world signed the paris agreement, an international deal to tackle the climate crisis which connectors to limit global temperature rises to well below 2 degrees, aiming for 1.5, and that1.5 well below 2 degrees, aiming for 1.5, and that 1.5 degrees target is critical, every fraction of a degree

makes a difference. the science shows that a temperature rise of 2 degrees rather than 1.5 would mean hundreds of millions more people affected, twice as many plant and three times as many insect species losing vast swathes of their habitat. but since that target was set, since the paris agreement was signed, the world has not done nearly enough. all the time the science is getting more stark, and it will continue to do so. and now to keep 1.5 degrees within reach, to keep 1.5 alive, we must halve global emissions by 2030, so this is the decisive decade and we must act now to launch a consistent and concerted effort to reduce emissions through the next yet —— through the next ten years and use the covid recovery to

reimagine economies, because the investments we make today as we repair the economic damage inflicted by the pandemic will shape this decade. like it or not, whether through action or inaction, we are now choosing the future. this is what makes the next united nations climate conference in glasgow, cop26, so critical. if we do not take this chance to keep 1.5 degrees alive, it will slip from our grasp and so will our best hope of building the future we want to see. so cop26 must be the moment that every country in every part of society embraces their responsibility to protect our precious planet and keep 1.5 alive. and we have a plan to get it to do so. as cop26 president i am pressing for action about four key goals, and

we have a fantastic ally to inspire the world, our new cop26 people�*s advocate, sir david attenborough. 0urfirst goal is advocate, sir david attenborough. our first goal is to put the world on a path to driving donations until they reach zero by the end of the century, and that is because if we want to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees, the science is clear, by 2050 we should not be producing more carbon dioxide than we take out of the atmosphere, because it is greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide heating up our planets, driving up those global temperatures, so we ask all countries to set targets to get us to net zero by the middle of the century and come forward with 2030 emissions reductions targets to take us there, targets based on science own net zero is notjust a vague aspiration but a concrete plan. the prime minister, ifellow aspiration but a concrete plan. the

prime minister, i fellow ministers and the whole diplomatic network have been making this case robustly around the world. personally i have met ministers at 115 governments both physically and virtually since taking on the role of president designate, and we have made progress on the journey to cutting emissions, around 70% of the world economy is now covered by net zero targets, up from less than 30% when the uk took on the top —— the cop26 presidency. studio: alok sharma speaking in glasgow, he was moved from business secretary to become president of cop26, which is due to be held in glasgow this year in november. it had been delayed, postponed by a year because of covid, but some 200 countries are expected to send representatives for this cop26, headed now by alok sharma in his

role of president of cop26. allegra stratton, the former number ten communications boss, who was going to be the government spokeswoman, she is also in charge of that, so the government wanting to beef up credentials ahead of the conference. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with chris. so far may have been pretty soggy with rainfall totals mounting up. a slow—moving area of pressure in the english channel has been bringing rain particularly to england and wales, to the west we are looking at the next area of low pressure waiting to zoom across our shores and tied to the weekend, so more raiders on the way. extensive locales across the uk this morning, drizzle across north—eastern coasts and hills of scotland and england, more general rainfall east anglia and the southeast, western areas will brighten up with sunny spells

and heavy showers, thunderstorms mixed in particularly across parts of wales. overnight, the area of low pressure i showed you a moment ago will be spreading a band of rain to parts of england, wales and probably northern ireland, scotland having the driest weather through the night. the weekend is one of unsettled conditions, sunny spells probably quite brief, heavy thundery showers will be widespread and the rainfall totals will really mount up. the deeper the blue, the more likely you are to see the heavy rain, north—eastern scotland probably has the best of the weekend weather but nowhere is immune from a passing shower. saturday sees the first band of rain pushed eastwards, showers will be widespread through the afternoon, the sunshine being in relatively short supply, widespread heavy downpours with hail and thunder, temperatures 14 or 15 celsius at best. into sunday, low

pressure slowly pushes right into the heart of the british isles, bringing further outbreaks of rain or heavy, fun to be showers, but either way the weather looks pretty wet across england and wales. northern ireland and seven scotland seeing downpours, the north—east of scotland probably the best place to judge most of the showers, the best chance of staying dry, but looking like pretty disappointing weather this weekend. low pressure is still in charge next week, we will continue to see that unsettled run of weather with further showers on the way. that is your weather.

this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. with me tim willcox. israel steps up its assault on gaza, as palestinian rockets continue to target civilian areas in central and southern israel. inside israel there�*s been more violence between jewish and arab groups. the government�*s ordered a massive security reinforcement. new measures are put in place and others considered to tackle a spike in cases of the indian variant of coronavirus in the uk. as cases double in a week the uk government says it can�*t rule out local lockdowns and bringing forward second doses of covid vaccines. local lockdowns and bringing forward second doses of vaccines. we will flex the vaccine programme to where the clinicians think it is best utilised. with travel restrictions easing next

week, new uncertainty for british holidaymakers heading to portugal.